The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Iraq War Winds Down

September 1, 2011 by PJV Contributor Leave a Comment

Iraq Coalition Casualties: Fatalities by Year and Month

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2003			92	80	42	36	49	43	33	47	110	48	580
2004	52	23	52	140	84	50	58	75	87	68	141	76	906
2005	127	60	39	52	88	83	58	85	52	99	86	68	897
2006	64	58	34	82	79	63	46	66	77	110	78	115	872
2007	86	85	82	117	131	108	89	88	70	40	40	25	961
2008	40	30	40	52	21	31	13	23	25	14	17	16	322
2009	16	18	9	19	25	15	8	7	10	9	11	3	150
2010	6	6	7	8	6	8	4	3	7	2	2	1	60
2011	6	3	2	11	2	15	5	0					44

After eight years, the month that just ended was the first since the beginning of the Iraq war with no casualties for the United States. While we still have troops in the country, the end of an error is in sight.